Patrick Berger

Economics Teacher at The Nueva School

San Francisco Bay Area

About

My passion is for environmental economics, especially insofar as it relates to the development and regulation of electricity markets. After spending a year analyzing Smart-Grid programs I assisted in the development of an integrated assessment model based on analyzing the relationship between economic development and climate change. I then served as an economic consultant for Strategic Economic Engineering Corporation, before ultimately discovering my love of teaching at The Nueva School. Since 2015 I have taught a variety of classes at Nueva, including Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Game Theory, Environmental Economics, Economic Inequality, Economic Research, Political Economy, and Model United Nations.

Experience

  • Economics Teacher at The Nueva School
    Mar 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

    • Created and taught taught a variety of unique classes, including Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Game Theory, Environmental Economics, Economic Inequality, Economic Research, Political Economy, and Model United Nations. • Built challenging curricula to develop students' economic intuition, database research skills, and quantitative analysis

  • Economic Consultant at Strategic Economic Engineering Corp.
    Sep 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Utilized academic databases and industry data to provide analysis on mobile roaming, network infrastructure, and telecommunication regulations • Simulated negotiations among mobile network operators through both the Nash and Shapley value bargaining approaches • Performed statistical analyses including time series regression through R and Excel 2013

  • Research Assistant at Department of Agricultural Resource Economics
    Dec 2012 - Oct 2013 · 11 mos

    • Collaborated with Dr. Christian Traeger to develop an integrated climate assessment model • Used MATLAB to map the relationship between global output growth and carbon emissions • Improved the model accuracy using Excel 2013 functions, solvers, and macros

  • Research Assistant at i4 Energy
    Nov 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Compared 16 federally funded Smart Grid projects across financial and technical metrics including load balancing, peak shaving, metering, and grid resilience • Interviewed managers of 3 utilities and 9 energy storage start-ups in order to establish best practices • Organized a workshop to present a Smart Grid Roadmap to the California Energy Commission